Re: PCMICA Network and Modem card
> How hot should a 56k 10/100 combo card get? I have a Xircom I picked up
> cheap but it gets hot. I mean hot enough that I have to be carefull not
> to burn myself when I remove it if my machine has been on for a while. I
> also notice a significant hit in the battery life when the card is
> inserted. Is this normal?
It is normal for the card to draw whatever power it needs from the laptop.
It sounds like yours is a pretty hungry card.
Some get hotter than others; whether your laptop has decent ventilation
counts for a lot.
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Chris Lawrence wrote:
>
> > frying 3Com NIC/Modem combos (PCMCIA) in my F270, because there's zero
> > ventilation in the PC Card slots. A Linksys combo card works better,
> > but it doesn't have a 10Base2 connector, so I ended up with two
> > Ethernet cards...
> >
> > Chris
I've seen Linksys cards with a big metal band near their pinside edge, which
I assume is a pretty good heatsink.
* Heather
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